William Daum Euler

William Daum Euler, PC (July 10, 1875 – July 15, 1961) was a Canadian parliamentarian.

Born in Conestogo, Ontario, he attended Berlin High School between the years of 1891 and 1893. He then taught in Suddaby Public School and later founded the Euler Business College. He was mayor of Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener) from 1914 to 1917. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1917 representing the riding of Waterloo North, Ontario. A Liberal, he held three cabinet positions: Minister of Customs and Excise (1926 to 1927), Minister of National Revenue (1927 to 1930), and Minister of Trade and Commerce (1935 to 1940). He served until 1940, when he was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Waterloo, Ontario. He died in office in 1961.

In 1961 he became the first Chancellor of Waterloo Lutheran University (now Wilfrid Laurier University).

[edit] References

Brown, H.W., B.A. (1927). "The Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School: Its History". Fifteenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society 15: 268-284.

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by William George Weichel	Member of Parliament from Waterloo North 1917–1940	Succeeded by Louis Orville Breithaupt
Political offices
Preceded by Henry Herbert Stevens	Minister of Customs and Excise 1926–1927	Succeeded by The office of Minister of Customs and Excise was abolished and the office of Minister of National Revenue.
Preceded by The office of Minister of National Revenue was created.	Minister of National Revenue 1927–1930	Succeeded by Edmond Baird Ryckman
Preceded by Richard Burpee Hanson	Minister of Trade and Commerce 1935–1940	Succeeded by James Angus MacKinnon
Academic Offices
Preceded by None	Chancellor of Waterloo Lutheran University 1961	Succeeded by W. Ross Macdonald